The Smithtown Count in Suffolk County on Long Island was held on Thursday, December 27 amid bright sunshine, light breezes, and temperatures topping out in the low 40’s. Unfortunately, the pleasant conditions did not encourage the birds to come out and greet us as we recorded 98 species which is several species less than our typical average. The highlights of the count included:
5 Green-winged Teal that included a single Eurasian (Common) Teal 1 Canvasback 4 Common Eider 42 Common Merganser 2 Wild turkey 2 Black Bellied Plover 2 Purple Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 4 Common Raven 2 Marsh Wren 2 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 3 Purple Finch 2 Pine Siskin Kestrel (count week) Misses: Ruddy Duck Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Black-crowned Night Heron Virginia Rail Coot Kildeer Razorbill Bonapart’s Gull Brown Thrasher Snow Bunting Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Rich Gostic Compiler -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
